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#51

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:37pm

Kristin Chenoweth. She gave me a big hug and we talked for a little bit. She is adorable...

"I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." Goethe

#52

There's a bunch but from everything I've heard and of course my own personal experiences, no one comes close to Greg Jbara, I love him...

But others that are up there for me...

Jenn Gambetese...she is adorable and soo incredibly sweet

Matt Morrison...I met him once w/ a friend and I went back to Dessa Rose and he saw me and remembered me and hugged me and has done so anytime I've seen him, I loved it, very sweet

Anthony Rapp...met him on the Rent set and of course talked to him here, what a wonderful human being

Victoria Clark...after I told her she absolutely deserved the tony, proceeded to tell her I saw all the other performances and she was pretty amazed by me and we talked quite a bit

Michael Arden...met him in DC, very big sweetheart, mentioned he noticed me during the lecture/performance thingie sitting in the front w/ my Wicked shirt(Stephen Schwartz was there) lol

Denis O'Hare...talked to him after Sweet Charity where again I happened to be wearing a Wicked shirt, he was like ohh I love Wicked and we talked about it for 3 minutes lol

Jose Llana...my first Angel, so happy to talk to him and pretty much most of the cast of Spelling Bee

Sutton Foster, sweet and great w/ fans

Scott Porter from Altar Boyz...he talked to us about messing up on a dance move lol and I really enjoyed talking with him, he's quite gorgeous

Raul was very nice and personable when I met him at the chitty stage door, we joked about tick tick tick boots lol

I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting but really so many broadway actors are sweet and really appreciate fans who appreciate their work

Edit: Gotta add Barrett Foa(never got to meet Johnny

), Steph and Ann from Q...talked to them for awhile, they stood our talking and posing with everyone for quite a while, great people

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Updated On: 8/1/05 at 02:43 PM

#53

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:48pm

Meeting Keala Settle was by far my best experience meeting an actor. Marissa was very sweet when I met her in California...I've have to say that most of the touring cast of LSOH was great-==-b/c when one of the actors saw that my group of friends were waiting for autographs, they told the entire cast and they all came out to sign. I guess I've never really had a rude experience meeting an actor.

~*~Fairytales do come true~*~ Keala Settle: Aloha, Sistah! It's all good...<3<3<3

#54

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:49pm

Cherry Jones and Phylicia Rashad are two of the most gracious people you'll ever meet at the stage door.

Laura Linney is another person who deserves special mention.

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#55

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:53pm

I met Kathy Voytko, who is in Evita. She was SO nice!

#56

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:02pm

I met Mario Cantone and he is really nice! We talked for a bit about The Producers and Assassins. I told him that my school was putting on Seussical and he said "It sucks that you only get to do three shows". Anyway, Mario's nice to talk too. Also, actors I've met after regional shows near me(I live in Massachusetts) have been really nice. A few professional theatre people who are helping out with a musical I'm in are extremely nice.

"The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation."

#57

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:05pm

david ayers was really nice to me when i stagedoored wicked... also, cary shields, marcus paul james (such a sweetie), kelly karbacz, karmine alers...
and andy meeks, dan rosenbaum and aswad from the rent tour
and i think the nicest actors (not to mention people) i will ever meet are the cast members from the AIDA production in ogunquit: angela williams, eric lajuan summers, sebastian arcelus, emily drennan and damien deshaun smith. (yeah i went four times and yeah we were basically the only people who stagedoored, but still. they're really nice.)

forget regret...

#58

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:13pm

Bernadette Peters
Kristin Chenoweth
Sutton Foster
Idina Menzel
Jenny Powers
Jessica Grove
Euan Morton
Stephanie J. Block
Hugh Jackman
Alicia Silverstone
Louise Pitre
Marissa Winokur
John Dossett
Carol Burnett
Delta Burke
The entire original cast of Avenue Q (with the exception of Natalie. She may be nice, but I did not meet her)
Jeff McCarthy
Liza Minnelli
Linda Eder
Rob Evan
Isabelle Keating
Christian Borle

"It's the little things; the details, that distinguish the Barbra Streisands from the Rosalyn Kinds."~Gilmore Girls~

#59

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:13pm

Susan Egan was the sweetest and most gracious person I have ever met outside the stage door. She gave me a huge hug after I introduced myself from an e-mail I had sent her, chatted away and told me how wonderful it was to meet me. I had the best experiences meeting her, and I'll never forget her kindness.

I also have to go with Christina Applegate - she is obviously a huge "A-list" star, and I give her so much credit for saying hello and signing an autograph for every single person at the Charity stagedoor. She was so nice to me and my friends (I went with my 6 best friends for a graduation present) and told us congratulations and posed for a picture, even though there were many announcements made that she wouldn't do such a thing. I really enjoyed meeting her too.

#60

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:19pm

I forgot to mention this but when I saw a production Of The Who's Tommy in Massachusetts I met some really nice actors after the show. I met Robyn Elizabeth Lee, Jake Simpson, Brad Bass, Andrew Giordano, Scott Marshall, and some other people. All of them are really nice. Tommy was a great show! I saw it three or four times.

"The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation."

#61

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:29pm

Love love love Vicki Clark and the way she's genuinely touched by any and all forms of compliments.

Patti LuPone is also extremely nice and down to earth (the opposite of what I expected her to be *feels ashamed*) and hysterical!

"Peace! The charm's wound up." --Macbeth

#62

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:30pm

I don't usually hang around stage doors, I'm kinda shy about that stuff, and I don't want to be invasive. BUT, when I did go to the stagedoor after BKLYN, the whole cast was super nice. You can tell when someone really doesn't mind talking to fans, though, versus the actors who do it because they must. Lee Morgan, Karen Olivo, and Cleavant Derricks (a Tony winner!) were those people. Just as personable and gracious as can be. Eden Espinosa and Ramona Keller were very nice, but they had tons of people clamoring around them, and I didn't have as much time with them, so no slam on them at all.

VB: Mr. Wonka, my name is Violet Beauregard... WW: I don't care.

#63

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:34pm

Almost everyone I've met has been nice, but some people in particular that really stick out in my mind.

Jeffrey Carlson. My favorite person in the world. Wonderful man.

Celia Keenan-Bolger. I think she's probably the sweetest girl on earth.

Victoria Clark. Just the most approachable, personable woman. So sweet. You feel like you've known her your whole life.

Erin Dilly. She complemented me on my earrings before I even got a chance to complement her on her performance!

Kevin Cahoon was so funny. We decided to hold the Chitty playbill in front of us while taking our picture.

I think I will always remember how Raul Esparza reacted to my telling him that he is my favorite actor in the world, and that he is so brilliant. He did this shy little head bow and laugh and just kept saying "That's so sweet of you to say." The most humble guy you'll ever meet.

Jan Maxwell seemed genuinely touched that I knew that she won the Drama Desk, since everyone else there that night was like "Congrats on the Tony!" (It was the night before the Tonys) and she kept saying "Oh, I haven't won yet!" Haha, so when I said "Congrats on the Tony nomination AND the Drama Desk award!" She touched my arm and said "Thank you and so nice to meet you!" so genuinely.

Updated On: 8/1/05 at 03:34 PM

#64

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 4:44pm

My first stagedoor experience was when I saw Spamalot, and everyone was very nice. David Hyde Pierce posed for a photo with me and signed my playbill, and Alan Tudyk (who was replacing Hank Azaria) was also very nice (the person next to me saw Hank and Alan asked how he compared to him). Christopher Sieber was very kind, and so was James Ludwig (understudying for Steve Rosen). Michael McGrath was very funny and nice. Christian Borle, Tim Curry and Sara Ramirez didn't come out, but I'm sure they are very nice.

#65

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 4:48pm

Stephanie J Block
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Angela Lansburry
Eden Espinosa
Megan Hilty
Jenna Leigh Green

Those were the nicest ones out of the ones I met...I know I left some out.

"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999

#66

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 4:51pm

Lauren Mufson, who is currently appearing in the Ottawa, Canada production of "Mamma Mia". Anyone else met her or seen her perform?

JWB

#67

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:00pm

Nicest:
-Natasha Richardson!
-Bernadette Peters
-Brooke Shields
-Idina Menzel
-Jennifer Laura Thompson
-Megan Hilty
-Joey McIntyre
-Jennifer Hope Wills

Actors I Want to Meet:
-Sutton Foster
-Kristin Chenoweth
-Patti LuPone

#68

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:02pm

I absolutely adore John Tartaglia. I met him after Q one night with some friends of mine. They are friends with his boyfriend and we all went to dinner. He is such an amazing person. So genuine and sweet and caring, and not to mention a cutie!

Kelli O'Hara was also a pleasure to meet. She was very sweet at the stage door of Piazza.

AngelofAveB---How was AIDA. A really good friend of mine was in the show. He was just ensemble but his name is Ben Franklin. I saw Eric in Aida in NYC. I talked to him after the show cause he went to school with some friends of mine so we chatted about that.

#69

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:30pm

shelley thomas, megan hilty, and gregory jbara are definitely some of the sweetest actors on broadway now.
(ok, so shel isn't on anymore. and her Brooklyn didn't match Eden by FAR, but she was stil a definite sweetheart.

#70

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:41pm

john tartaglia
stephanie d'abruzzo
jennifer bernhardt
mark kudisch
jeremy kushnier
julia murney
greg jbara
the cast of spelling bee

"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!

#71

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:58pm

David Ayers and Megan Hilty are two of the nicest people I have ever met, not just in the theatre community. Erin Dilly is also a sweetheart, she started a convesation with my friend and meat the stagedoor and was so friendly and personable.

Whatever happened to class?

#72

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:05pm

I'm not gonna even attempt to list all of the wonderful celebrities that I have had the pleasure of working with, know or have met but I can tell you that the most genuine, kind, funny, warm and lovable human being that I have ever had the pleasure of knowing was Dolly Parton. She is just as she seems and then some!

"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds." ~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns

#73

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:09pm

i have met many broadway actors and they have all been really wonderful but the ones who truly stand out are jeremy kushnier, andy karl,ryan duncan,greg jbara,kelly karbacz,jay wilkison, hugh jackman,jarrod emmick, stephanie block,michael mulheren, gary beach,cheyenne jackson,jenn gamatese,hunter foster,sherie renee scott and norbert leo butz.

#74

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:13pm

Jenna leigh green is the nicest person i ever met. I also think Stephanie J. Block is nice to. Didnt care to much for Carol Kane (all from Wicked obviously)

<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado

#75

re: Really Nice Actors

Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:55pm

i forgot to mention jeff goldblum, billy crudup and michael stuhlbarg from pillowman. they were wonderful

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